These beads were made from a mix of blue and gilded mosaic tesserae, the researchers explained, adding that Viking artisans appear to have chosen to work with the high-quality tesserae rather than ...

The Viking Age bead makers were more advanced than previously believed. A new interdisciplinary study shows that around year 700 AD, craftsmen in Ribe, Denmark, used surprisingly sophisticated and ...

The Viking Age bead makers were more advanced than previously believed. A new interdisciplinary study shows that around year 700 AD, craftsmen in Ribe, Denmark, used surprisingly sophisticated and ...

This way, they could produce opaque white beads with a minimum use of resources.

An exciting find of a Viking-era bead from the Swartigill archaeological dig near Thrumster was initially thought to have been a discarded Polo mint.

Bioarcheologist Jarman debuts with an eye-opening look at how ancient silk roads linked Vikings to the Far East. Framing the narrative around the journey one small carnelian bead likely made in ...